The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-29
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL. TUESDAY. MARCH o. 1851.

oy pollcy OF %oVVO IN the FE@nlx, {
Hartford.
The building No. 20l belonged to W
H. Wood, and occupied by the Brand
Furniture Company, was fully GOV
cred, the loss being light. The occu
pants L. Brandt 4 Co., were insured
for $4,000 in Carripgton Mason * CO..
sgency, $1,000 in the IF ma, Of Ha 4
ford, and $1,000 in the Home. of New
York. The building No. 2O3 Main
occnpied by Scheibler & Co, belonged
to Napoleon Hi, and WIS not dam
sged any to scesk OF.
William Q1ian's loss il placed a
1880, and he held Insurance for 1900
divided $1,000 in the Phn Xix, O.
Hartford, and $1,000 in the Memphi
City FRS and General Insurance Com
pany, OF this city.
Bllsthorne x Co., seeds, etc, No
1877 Main, total loss estim ated $1,000;
insured in North B itish Mercantile
for $3.50.
s. BesthoH & Co., No. 1876 Main
street, stock total loss, estimated value
$1,000; insured for $4,000 $500 in
Howard, of New York 800 in London
and 5000 in Arlington, OF Memphis.
J.C. Curry (Tivoli Garden), No. 1893
Main street, dana re $1,000, covered by
insurance in Arlington, of Memphis,
London and Howard, $1,000 in each.
There was no insurance on the loss
es OF the inmates OF rooms up stair,
and a number OF tho occupants were
illv able to bear the same.
In the John on avenue fire. McCor-
mick's loss was about 5000, Insured
in Darlington Msson's agency for
5000. Smiddy lost bo'h his houses
and sll his household effects, his family
bsrely escaping with their lives. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $500 5000 in the
Arlington and 1000 in the Faragut.
On the second floor OF Besthofi's
building ]. S. DuVal, 7. A. Ryal aud
Henry Rsichmaun had their law
oftices, aud the libraries belonging to
them were entirely destroyed. The
latter gelteman's eif CT, including
valuable papers and books, will foot
up loss of $4,000, uninsured, which
falls principally on him. The libra.
ries of the other two were also extern
sive, aud together will swell the
amount to at least $4,000
A VAIN CALL.
About 2 o'clock am, and while
struggling with the Main street blpza,
an alarm was turned in from Johnson
avenue, near the Raleigh road. 1t
was caused by the burning of the one
s'ory frame structure occupied by o.
McUo'm ICk IS grocery story 1t was
impossible to leave the Main rect fire
to attend the new dsuge-, and before
the flames had been satisfied four
houses wers destroyed. The frame
reside ice of Mccormack, No. 1875.
caught, and from there it was intro
duced to Nos. 200 and 202, owned by
P. Smiddy. All OF the houses were
completely consumed. The loss and
insurance isgiven above.
TWO LIVES LOST.
1t is almost certain that two lives
were lest during the fire. The second,
third aud fourth floors over the Ulla.
thorne aud Besthof buildings, were
occupied by twenty or thirty familie',
ard the lodging department Of the
Marine House was well filed. Every
ore except those Ia the Besthoff
building had ample time to gst out
with their clothing, but the DIS
smoke filed the Railways over Best.
hoff's and rendered it impossible to
reach the inmates from the front in a
few minutes, When the alarm was
first sounded Officer Kehos rushed up
the front steps over the burning store,
while his Comrsde, Patrolman Hurst,
went to the rear. Kehoe reached the
second floor, crawling on his hands
and knees and found two Monochrome
co!ore d-and one white-and colored
man. He helped the women down
stairs, the man holding on 10 his
and went back to bring out ma and
woman he knew to be in room on the |
second floor, and who could be heard |
inside screaming for help. KEN Dc
reacht d the door he sought for and |
tried to kick it in. A burst of fame
drove him away, how ever, and he had
to retire. He made another attempt
to get to the poor cteatur ls, but it was
unsuccessful so, and he was forced
10 leave them to their awful fate, The
names OF the couple are unknown he
yond that the woman is called EmmR
B tn were low characters besllt.i
With drink. An engineer states tut
The unfortunate man and wouar
really were burned. Hs aid he got
drunk with them that night and was
asleep n their room. He was awak-
ened by the smoke end tried to get his
out, but they were in
,tupor and he was forced TO leave
them. He stated that the man was
August WyilP, Rn old cabinetmaker
who hes been in the employ Of Bast-
nof & Co. for number of years. The
woman passed for his wife.
REscUINa DEAD AND LIVING.
While Kehoe WAS in front OF the
building the hook and ladder men
we're busy in the rear. Cries for aid
we're heard before the truck got in
rom The fire on Wellington street,
Ind when the ladders appeared a
deseniiDg cheer of welcome wassent
Up from the crowd assembled. A
adder was run up the rear OF the
Besthoff building, and Bob Moran was
1t the top and kicking in a window
ash in almost no time. He entered a
Dom and was told by the occupants
Lat a corpse occupied the bed. The
body was handed gently out OF the
1urning building, aud then the living
were cared for, the men being csc )rted
o the stairway and the women taken
,ut Of the window by the gallant Bob
Moran and Dick Smith. The corpse
vas that OF Mrs 7. @. log Ills, the
crochet crank" at the Dime Museum,
'ho died Sunday morning of con.
umption.
Lessons of the Fire.